Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruwa weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Ruwa: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harare (21 km away). In February its highs average 24.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ruwa, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Ruwa ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 25.9°C; Ruwa is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ruwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 206 | 19.6 | 13.113 h |
| February, selected | 23.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 140 | 14.5 | 12.713 h |
| March | 23.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 93 | 11.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 34 | 5.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 21.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 8.0 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| June | 19.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 11.111 h |
| July | 19.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.211 h |
| August | 22.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| September | 25.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 3.9 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 31 | 5.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 26.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 100 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| December | 24.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 193 | 19.6 | 13.213 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Harare in FebruaryZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in FebruaryZimbabwe · 23 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Norton in FebruaryZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in FebruaryZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Kadoma in FebruaryZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Kwekwe in FebruaryZimbabwe · 190 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Mutare in FebruaryZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Gweru in FebruaryZimbabwe · 230 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 122 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ruwa) is explained once on the Ruwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.